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Schools, 1916

2,441 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 123

Agriculture for Women State School at Dural

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 3

In order to in some way meet the demand for the training of women in agriculture and kindred pursuits, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) has approved of a farm…

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Teachers with the Colors 19,000 From Britain (Published in the Times) LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

Mr. Henderson, President of the Board of Education, received a deputation, headed by Lord Sydenham, which urged that the teaching of patriotism as an integral part of the…

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Electric Lamps As Cockshys Damage by School Children

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

A circular has been issued to the head masters of the public schools in the Sydney area drawing attention to the loss incurred by the City Council through the malicious…

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Building, Plans, and Tenders. Bankstown Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 7

The new public school, which was officially opened by Mr. P. Board, Director of Education, at Bankstown, on Saturday, is a two-storied brick building…

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The Origin of the Medical School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 7

At the meeting of the Australian Historical Society this evening Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart, Dean of the Faculty of the Sydney University, will deliver a lecture on…

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Teacher Boarding with Germans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

LEETON, Monday.--Complaint has been made to the Minister for Education, who is now on the area, that the teacher of one school on the settlement is boarding with Germans. In…

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Prizes for Bright Scholars

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 36

The increase in the different kinds of examinations is due entirely to the creation, within the last few years, of various new types of schools. While originally there were merely…

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School Sports and Games Review of Cricket Seasons in N.s.w. and Victoria

Referee · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 13

Looking back at the past season 1915-16, and the new half-season of calendar year, it is quite clear that The King's School is "the cricket school of the year." In batting they…

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School Sports Good Cricket Feats Swimmers of Promise

The Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 8

The last round of the high schools' cricket competition is to be entered upon to-day. In the First Grade, Fort-street and Sydney are level. This afternoon's match will…

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The Schools. the Truancy Bile

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 7

The amendment carried last week in a thin house, altering the compulsory age of attendance from six years to eight years, has formed the chief topic of discussion tills week among…

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Teachers, Doctors, and Others. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 13

Sir,--What a cheer would resound throughout the leaching service were the Cabinet also to announce, per medium of the Public Service Board, that with the applicant school…

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Electric Lamp Smashing. Are Schoolboys Responsible?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 14

The Under-Secretary of the Department or Education has intimated to the Town Clerk that a circular has been issued to the headmasters of the public schools in the Sydney area…

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Rowing. School Crews

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 14

Three of the crews which are to compete in the schools' championship race put in an appearance on the Lane Cove River on Saturday last at the St. Ignatius regatta…

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Schoolboy Cricketers. Second Grade Final

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 14

The final of the second grade schools competition will be played on Friday next, the opposing teams being Erskineville Double Bay. The match will be played at Moore Park,…

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Marrickville School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 10

Mr. Crawford, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under-Secretary for Education that approval has been given by the Minister for the work to be proceeded with in connection with…

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The Primary Schools. Drawing Up the Programme

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 14

So many teachers have asked for hints on drawing up a plan of work that it may not be amiss to give from week to week the programme drawn up by one of the most…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 14

Teachers are invited to seek information on any question relating to their school work. Correspondence will lie treated confidentially.—ED. C.P…

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Sydney Medical School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 4

The story of how the Sydney Medical School grew from a class of three pupils, who received their first lecture in a small brick cottage in March, 1883, to the present…

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Giris Schools Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 12

The annual carnival of the Girls' Public Schools was held at the Domain Baths yesterday. Miss Fa[?]y Durack won the 220yds championship of the State, covering the distance in 2m 52s, which is a better…

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N. C. O. and Officers' Schools. Entrance Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 6

The following instructions in regard to entrance to N. C. O. s' school and officers qualifying school have been issued for general information--All enlisted men, including returned…

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